FAQ Part 4 - K-ON!!, Ookami-san, Ika Musume

This part of the FAQ covers K-ON!!, Ookami-san to shichinin no nakamatachi, and Shinryaku! Ika Musume!. Again, straight from the source:

K-ON!!

Q: When you play 03-034 "Akiyama Mio" (Blue 1/2 character 10/20. When this character comes into play, look at the top 4 cards of your library. Take any "Kashi Sakuseichuu" cards and put them into your hand, and put the remaining cards on the bottom of your deck), how many Kashi Sakuseichuu cards can you take at once?
A: You can take up to 4. If 2 of the 4 are Kashi, then you can take both. If all 4 happen to be Kashi, then you can take all 4 and put them into your hand.

Q: If you have a 03-058 "Nakano Azusa" (Yellow 2/2 character 20/10. If this character has the highest cost of characters in your field, then this card gets +30/+30), and you have other 2 cost characters out, does the effect still work?
A: Yes, it does.

Q: If you play 03-120 "Obentou zukuri" (Making a boxed lunch) (Green 0/1 event. Main/Jibun: Put the top 2 cards from your deck into your trash pile. If the combined source of the two cards is 3 or less, the next character you play gets -2 cost. If the combined source of the two cards is 4, then the next character you play gets -4 cost.), can you use that to pay for a combi card? (For example, playing a 4/1 Yui/Mio combi for free without discarding a card)
A: Yes, you can.

Q: If my opponent attacks with a tennen 2 character, can I play "Jiki karuiongakubu bucho?" (The next K-ON club president?) (Yellow 0/2 event. Approach/both: One of your characters gets cost +2 until the end of the turn. Draw a card at the end of the turn) on one of my 2 cost characters and then block?
A: Yes, you can. You can play event cards both before and after blockers are chosen.

Q: Does the effect of 03-037 "Akiyama Mio" (blue 2/2 character 0/0. 1 (Main/Both): This character gets +10/+10 for each "megane" character you have on your field" effect last for the whole game?
A: No, it lasts until the end of the turn.

Q: If you play "matamata gakuensai!" (Let's do the gakuensai again!) (Red 4/1 event. Approach/Jibun: After this turn is over, take another turn starting at the approach phase), then do I get to draw a card and untap my characters?
A: No, you do not. You start at the approach phase and the 2nd turn is over when you finish the approach phase.

Q: If I play "Minna Kyousou dayo" (Yellow 1/1 event. Main/Jibun: Your opponent cannot block your characters this turn. when you you\hit the opponent for a point, instead draw a card.), do any "when your opponent gets hit for a point" effects go into play?
A: No, because you're drawing a card instead of hitting the opponent for a point, so none of those effects go through.

Q: If i have a 03-013"Hirasawa Yui & Nakano Azusa" combi card, and nothing else in my trash pile, what is the power of 03-013 "Hirasawa Yui & Nakano Azusa" (Red 4/1 character 0/0. This character gets +10/+0 for each "Hirasawa Yui" in your trash pile, and +0/+10 for each "Nakano Azusa" in your trash pile).
A: The combi counts as both a Hirasawa Yui and a Nakano Azusa, so it gets both of the bonus's, making it a 10/10.

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Ookami san to shichinin no nakamatachi
Q: If I attack with a 01-045 "Majolica le Fay" (Green 3/1 character 30/0. When this character is approaching, it cannot be trashed."), and my opponent plays "Shouko Shashin" (Picture of evidence) (Blue 0/1 event. Approach/opponent: Pick one of the opponent's characters. That character cannot use their card ability until the end of the turn), will that cancel out Majolica's ability?
A: No, because you can only use it on active card texts, not passive card texts.

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Shinryaku! Ika Musume

Q: If i play "Kami Drummer Geso!" (Godlike drummer-geso!) (Red 2/2 event. Main/Jibun: One of your "Ika Musume" characters gets +10/+10 and "Ongaku" until the end of the turn) on one of my Ika Musume characters, and then I play 02-124 "Backstage Pass" (This card can only be played on a character with "ongaku". Main/both: Move the character this is attached to and this card to either the main area, or the support area. You can only do this once per turn), will the Backstage Pass go away at the end of the turn once the Ika Musume card loses "Ongaku"?
A: No, it won't. It will remain on the Ika Musume.

Q: Can I use events/abilities that target an "Ika Musume" character on a "Mini Ika" or "Nise-Ika Musume" character?
A: No, you cannot. You can only use them on characters that say "Ika Musume".

Q: If i approach with 01-038 "Aizawa Takeru" (Red 3/2 character 30/20. When this character approaches, this card, and one of your "Ika Musume" cards each get +20/+20 until the end of the turn) that has a "Ika Musume no kaburimono (Ika Musume headpiece)" (Blue 1/2 support. The character that this is attached to counts as an "Ika Musume") attached to it, can I give Takeru +40/+40?
A: Yes, you can. Once for him, and once for the Ika Musume powerup (since the Ika Musume Kaburimono makes him count as an Ika Musume, too)
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Precious Memories Blog 1st post!

Ok, as some people may know, I currently play a card game called "Precious Memories". It's available only in Japan, currently. Here's a link to the official website:
Official Site!
A link to the wiki (in japanese) - The Wiki


As you can see, it's an anime-based card game. The current sets available in the card game are as followed (in order of release):
-K-ON! (5/28/2010)
-Hidamari Sketch (9/10/2010 + 12/24/2010 starter deck release)
-K-ON! part 2 (11/26/2010)
-Bakemonogatari (Ghostory) (1/28/2011)
-Katanagatari (Sword Story) (2/25/2011)
-K-ON!! part 1 (4/1/2011)
-Ookami san to shichinin no nakamatachi (Ookami san and seven companions) (4/29/2011)
-Shinryaku! Ika Musume (Invasion! Ika Musume) (5/27/2011)

The following series are set to be released in the future:
-Hyakka Ryouran Samurai Girls (Many Beautiful Samurai Girls) - (6/30/2011 release)
-Ore no imoutou ga konna ni kawaii wake ga nai (There's no way my little sister could be this cute) - (7/29/2011 release)
-Mahou Shojo Madoka Majika (Magical Girl Madoka Majika) - 8/31/2011 release)
-WORKING!! - (9/2011 release)
-Denpa onna to seishun otoko (fall 2011 release)
-K-ON!! part 2 (fall 2011 release)
-A-channel (winter 2011 release)
-Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae o Boku-tachi wa Mada Shiranai (We still don't know the name of the flower we saw that day) aka AnoHana (winter 2011 release)

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So as you can see, there's many sets, and while it had a slow start when it first came out, sets are now coming out at the rate of 1 set a month. This means that the metagame is constantly changing! There are always new decks and new cards coming! With no sets being rotated out like in MtG, constructed format shows off a wide variety of possibilities! With the large amount of card stores in Japan, there are tourneys happening practically everyday! These tournaments offer promotional cards as prizes, giving a special promotional card to everyone who enters, as well as an additional promo card to the top 3 placers of the tournament. The top 3 promo card is generally another version of an already existing card (different art, or a foil version, or whatnot). So far, only the June promotional top 3 card is a card that can only be obtained by getting top 3 in a tournament. There are also large events that happen, too, in which they give out special cards for that, as well. This is all for the first post, as this is just a general outline of the card game!

"Where can I get these cards if I don't live in Japan?"
-There's a couple of options. First is using amiami.com, which is generally the best import store online. You just go to their English website and type in "precious memories". You should get this page:
Amiami.jp

There, they sell starter kits, booster boxes, and starter boxes. There's generally no point in buying a box of starters, as it's the same cards over and over. It's generally a much better idea to buy a single starter, and then boosters if you want to get started. Amazon.co.jp also sells them, but you may have to use a 3rd party to get them shipped to you. If anyone else has found places that sell them online that ship internationally, please let me know!

The next post will contain rules, how to win, and the basics you need to know to play the game! Read More......